The Center for Internet and Society (CIS) at Stanford Law School is looking for volunteer summer interns to work on public interest issues involving technology.
CIS is a leading center for the study of the relationship between the public interest, law, and technology.
Copyright and Fair Use
The summer interns work with Anthony Falzone (Executive Director of the Fair Use Project), Julie Ahrens (Associate Director of the Fair Use Project) and the Center's residential fellows on various projects and litigation, including cases challenging the extension of copyright to works that had passed into the public domain, protecting and expanding fair use rights, protecting the rights of Internet publishers to speak anonymously, protecting speech interests against claims of intellectual property infringement, and providing legal information in response to cease and desist letters sent to Internet publishers.
Autonomous Driving
The summer interns work with Bryant Walker Smith (Resident Fellow at CIS) on the legal aspects of autonomous driving project (http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/our-work/projects/legal-aspects-autonomous-...). Interns will research and write on motor vehicle law, products liability, standards and rulemaking, insurance, privacy, security, or other relevant topics within law, business, economics, and engineering. Applicants are invited but not required to suggest particular research interests.
Qualifications:
Second and third year law students are preferred, as is experience with computers and office software.
This is an unpaid volunteer position; upon request, the Center is willing to write letters of support for student funding programs.
Interested applicants should submit the following in PDF format to cis@law.stanford.edu.
- Cover letter
- Resume
- Writing sample
- List of references
The position is for approximately 12 weeks, flexible to your schedule.
Applications will be accepted until April 2, 2012.